The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ACADEMIC , but the solution may also be APRIORI which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Theoretical crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACADEMIC | 36 % | 8 |
| APRIORI | 29 % | 7 |
| MOOT | 14 % | 4 |
| ABSTRACT | 7 % | 8 |
| PLATONIC | 7 % | 8 |
| WHATIF | 7 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Theoretical
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abstractive
- theoretic
- notional
- a priori
- metaphysical
- hypothetic
- hypothetical
- speculative
- conjectural
- suppositional
- abstract
- supposed
Crossword Answer definitions
ACADEMIC noun- (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
- A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
- A member of the Academy; an academician.
- A student in a college.
- Academic dress; academicals.
- Academic studies.
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.
- Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational
- Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance.
- Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
- Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
- So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
- Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
- Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ACADEMIC
- One who hits the books
- Not really practical
- University professor
- Not directly useful
- Ivory tower inhabitant
- Hypothetical
- Of college life
- Theoretical
- Hypothetical, as a question
- Campus figure
More clues leading to the result APRIORI
- Deductive
- Not fact-based
- Based on hypothesis
- Derived by logic
- Inferable
- Like some justifications
- Kind of assumption, in reasoning
- Presupposed by experience
- Not based on previous study
- Presumptive
More clues leading to the result MOOT
- Academic
- Type of court
- Arguable
- Irrelevant
- Like some points
- Immaterial
- Not relevant
- Not worth arguing about
- Debatable
- Purely academic
More clues leading to the result ABSTRACT
- Hard to understand
- Like a Jackson Pollock painting
- Not practical
- Summary.
- Designating some painting.
- Summarize.
- Kind of painting.
- Brief
- Theoretical
- Part of a science journal
More clues leading to the result PLATONIC
- Like some friends
- Nonromantic
- Describing a kind of love.
- Pertaining to a school of philosophy.
- One kind of love.
- Idealistic.
- Theoretical.
- Purely spiritual
- Like some relationships
- Close ... but not THAT close